Friday, September 2, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 3, 2011

Central US:
A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke is located over
the central and eastern portion of the US.  The smoke is moving northeast
originating near the Oklahoma/Texas border, continuing through Kansas,
Missouri, southern Iowa, northern Illinois, northern Indiana and into
southern Michigan where is becomes obscured by clouds.  This remnant
smoke is likely from agricultural burns in the Lower Mississippi Valley
and the 63rd Street Fire in Oklahoma.  The 63rd Street Fire continues
to emit moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the north
into central Kansas.

Northeast:
Numerous fires throughout Oregon, Idaho, Montana and northwestern
Wyoming continue to produce moderately to dense smoke.  The smoke in
Oregon is moving to the south while smoke in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
is moving east.

California:
Smoke from a fire in southwestern San Bernardino is moving northeast
nearly reaching the Nevada border.

Nevada:
A fire in north-central Clark County is emitting smoke that is moving
to the east and entering into southern Utah and northern New Mexico.

Earlier:
Florida/Georgia:
Small pockets of moderately dense smoke were visible this morning in
Ware County, GA and Union County, FL.  Wildfires in the area continued
to produced smoke throughout the overnight hours.

Central Plains/Mississippi River Valley:
A broad area of remnant smoke was observed over much of
Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri and Illinois this morning.   A large wildfire
in Kiowa County, Oklahoma continues to produce moderate to dense smoke
which moved northward throughout the overnight hours.

Myrga

THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT
AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME
DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE
FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF
THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO
THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.